On September 11th Democrats and Republicans worked together to keep the United States strong. This moment came and went and we are back to a nation of Democrats vs. Republicans.
The battle of Atheism and Christianity will probably wage on until the end of humanity. Christians want to save atheists from Hell while atheists find Hell to be imaginary. Atheists try to disprove God by attempting to disprove the Bible and Christians try to prove God by trying to prove Intelligent design through science. The problem is even if atheists disprove the Bible or intelligent design is found true it doesn't have a baring on the existence of God. It might destroy Christianity and Darwinism but the existence of God on a whole is not possible to be touched.
Mark I. Vuletic, an atheist writer that published an article in "The Free Mind" claims that atheists hold a higher moral code than Christians. He claims that some Christians hold their moral values contingent upon God and if God is disproven they believe they have the right to stop being moral while atheists are moral regardless of God. There is also the 101 contradictions of the Bible.
Now as I posted in an earlier blog some Christians go for science to show their case against atheism. They explain how the Bible is scientifically accurate with websites such as clarifying Christianity.com. Marilyn Adamson along with other greats in history take the approach of making a list of six proofs of God.
Communism and Capitalism are both economic ideologies and neither can fully exist on Earth. Human behavior makes it that people won't work to their full potential if they get treated the exact same regardless. Also people don't approve of a purely capitalistic system where the government allows a golden parachute and other corrupt business tactics that make the wealthy and the poor the only classes. In pure capitalism there is no middle class while in pure communism there is only one class with no potential benefit or reward for hard work.
Laissez-faire is an approach many capitalists believe in but is impossible to exist in practice. The opposing economic system is communism which has a very unclear approach to how to fully operate.
Each of these opposite sided views will never fully get along, because side the individual doesn't believe is the ignorant unenlightened side that is easy to find flaws in. Since that is the mentality of a select group of people on each side it creates hostility. No one wants to hear they are wrong and ignorant and the opposite of what they follow is right.
So Democrats and Republicans will oppose each other since they find the other side to be immoral, Christians and Atheists will oppose each other for being immoral, and capitalists and communists will oppose each other for being immoral when the problem is they just hold different values based upon different beliefs and clear cut if you stand firm on one side of any of these issues you will look at the opposite in a negative light and if not publicly then secretly find the opposing side to be blinded to the truth and not understand it.
In my opinion if you are an atheist and you are sick of Christians because they hinder scientific progress then rather than fight them in a battle you can't win, just fundraise and support the cures for cancer, aids, and other scientific studies that will benefit mankind. If you are a Christian and you want to see people believe in Christ then practice what you preach and help the poor, be like Jesus and go out to meet all groups of the world while having accountability, and just bless people because God has shown you how to truly love. At the very least we will have a better quality of life due to the benefitting of others.
Democrats and Republicans along with capitalists and communists just need to show patriotism and accept that some people have an opposite view from yours that has nothing to do with intelligence level. There are intelligent democrats and intelligent republicans along with there being complete idiots on both sides also.
The point is attempting to discredit the opposing side is not a wise idea and will only cause there to be more tension and division between both sides. In talking down to the opponent they feel threatened and must defend there side and at that point trying to make them see your side as anything but corrupt and horrible is not going to happen from you.
I like what you said about religion. I too, think the issue between the atheist and the religious is not going to be solved anytime soon. Southpark did a funny spoof off this idea. I don't know if you've seen it. Well, I guess there are people out there that believe: if there aren't any relgions to divide ourselves with, then there wouldn't be any wars. But, Southpark did an episode where everyone was atheist, but there were still wars being fought over which atheist group had the better name. Hilarious, but at the same time, it carried had a valid point. I guess that is what you call a satire.
ReplyDeleteI agree that there will always be tensions, no matter what laws go into order or what mysteries are clarified. If it was found that man did evolve from the evolution that Darwin assumed existed, there would always still be a counter argument from Christians and if it were to be proved that man could not have possibly evolved the way that Darwin preaches, there would always be another story that would come up. I think that when there is a clear cut side to oppose it evokes people with a feeling of power or usefulness. It's like there is always something to fight for, so I agree, the rift between them will probably never disappear. However what you said about what both sides could do to create a more beneficial community was great, though it's often restricted by the other side. For example the ban for stem cell research, regardless of how many people picket and argue and sign petitions. Or, for the teaching of religion in schools.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to say, but is completely true: some sides just never may agree. They come from completely different starting points in their beliefs and/or logic, and may never reach a compromise point unless the other party can agree to follow from their own logical path. They fixate on whether the other agrees or disagrees with their core ideology, and ignore all the things they have in common. A good number of atheists and religious people have good moral systems, but for different reasons. What should matter is that they are kind and good people who contribute to their community, not WHY they have good morals. But we fixate on what makes us different, instead of what links us together as human beings.
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